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1940–41 Liverpool F.C. season

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The 1940–41 season saw Liverpool compete in the wartime North Regional League and the League War Cup. Some matches were also part of the Lancashire Senior Cup.

Liverpool F.C.
1940–41 season
ManagerGeorge Kay
StadiumAnfield
North Regional League16th
League War Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Berry Nieuwenhuys
All: Berry Nieuwenhuys

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Regional League North League War Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
DF England ENG Jack Balmer 2 0 1 0 1 0
GK England ENG Sam Bartram 16 0 16 0 0 0
DF England ENG Bob Batey 12 0 12 0 0 0
DF England ENG Cliff Britton 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG Tom Bush 2 0 1 0 1 0
FW England ENG Billy Cairns 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW England ENG Len Carney 2 3 2 3 0 0
MF England ENG George Carter 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF England ENG George Collister 3 1 3 1 0 0
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Billy Cook 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG Dennis Cook 13 1 12 1 1 0
DF England ENG Stan Cullis 8 0 8 0 0 0
FW England ENG Cyril Done 17 13 16 12 1 1
FW England ENG Dicky Dorsett 6 8 5 8 1 0
FW England ENG George Drury 4 3 4 3 0 0
MF England ENG Stan Eastham 8 1 7 0 1 1
FW Scotland SCO Willie Fagan 19 6 19 6 0 0
GK England ENG Bill Fairhurst 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG George Farrow 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF   Charles Fazackerley 2 0 2 0 0 0
MF England ENG Tom Grosvenor 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England ENG Arnold Grundy 5 2 5 2 0 0
MF England ENG Alf Hanson 3 0 3 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jim Harley 6 0 6 0 0 0
GK England ENG Alf Hobson 10 0 10 0 0 0
FW England ENG George Hunt 7 5 7 5 0 0
MF England ENG Lloyd Iceton 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG George Jackson 13 0 13 0 0 0
DF England ENG Harry Kaye 15 0 15 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Bill Kinghorn 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Wales WAL Ray Lambert 39 0 37 0 2 0
MF England ENG Charlie Lewis 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Billy Liddell 37 12 35 10 2 2
MF England ENG Charlie Longdon 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jock Loran 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Tommy Lyon 1 1 1 1 0 0
GK England ENG Eric Mansley 6 0 4 0 2 0
DF England ENG Alfred Massey 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF South Africa RSA Berry Nieuwenhuys 21 15 21 15 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Frank O'Donnell 2 1 2 1 0 0
    Patrick Owens 4 0 4 0 0 0
DF England ENG Bob Paisley 27 10 25 10 2 0
FW England ENG Stan Palk 21 1 21 1 0 0
DF Scotland SCO George Paterson 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Stanley Pickstock 3 1 3 1 0 0
DF England ENG Barney Ramsden 1 0 1 0 0 0
GK England ENG Jack Robinson 2 0 2 0 0 0
FW England ENG Jack Search 1 1 1 1 0 0
    Ken Seddon 8 0 8 0 0 0
FW England ENG John Shafto 2 1 2 1 0 0
DF England ENG Eddie Spicer 31 0 29 0 2 0
DF England ENG Bobby Stuart 15 0 14 0 1 0
GK   Bill Teasdale 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF   Norman Turner 12 0 10 0 2 0
FW England ENG Dennis Westcott 3 6 2 6 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Jimmy Woodburn 3 0 3 0 0 0
GK England ENG Albert Yoxon 1 0 1 0 0 0

Competitions

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North Region War League and Lancashire Senior Cup

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31 August  1940 (1940 -08-31) 1 Liverpool 3–3 Preston North End Liverpool
O'Donnell
Fagan
Nieuwenhuys
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 5,000
7 September  1940 (1940 -09-07) 2 Blackburn Rovers 0–3 Liverpool Blackburn
Report Nieuwenhuys 30'
Fagan 80', 89'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 2,176
14 September  1940 (1940 -09-14) 3 Liverpool 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool
Nieuwenhuys Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 5,000
21 September  1940 (1940 -09-21) 4 Preston North End 5–0 Liverpool Leyland
Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 3,000
28 September  1940 (1940 -09-28) 5 Chester 0–2 Liverpool Chester
Westcott Report Westcott Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 2,500
5 October  1940 (1940 -10-05) 6 Liverpool 9–1 Chester Liverpool
Nieuwenhuys
Paisley
Westcott
Drury
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 5,000
12 October  1940 (1940 -10-12) 7 Bury 0–3 Liverpool Bury
Report Drury
Nieuwenhuys
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 5,000
19 October  1940 (1940 -10-19) 8 Liverpool 0–4 Manchester City Liverpool
Report Currier Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 8,000
26 October  1940 (1940 -10-26) 9 Stockport County 2–0 Liverpool Stockport
Report Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2,000
2 November  1940 (1940 -11-02) 10 Liverpool 5–0 Stockport County Liverpool
Grundy
Hunt
Nieuwenhuys
Paisley
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 1,000
9 November  1940 (1940 -11-09) 11 Manchester City 5–1 Liverpool Manchester
Herd
Currier
Pritchard
Report Hunt Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 2,000
16 November  1940 (1940 -11-16) 12 Liverpool 3–0 Bury Liverpool
Hunt
Nieuwenhuys
Atkinson (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 3,000
23 November  1940 (1940 -11-23) 13 Liverpool 2–2 Manchester United Liverpool
Hunt 20'
Fagan 23'
Report Smith
Warner
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 3,000
30 November  1940 (1940 -11-30) 14 Manchester United 2–0 Liverpool Manchester
Butt
Smith
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 700
7 December  1940 (1940 -12-07) 15 Tranmere Rovers 3–1 Liverpool Birkenhead
Report Grundy Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 1,500
14 December  1940 (1940 -12-14) 16 Liverpool 6–4 New Brighton Liverpool
Nieuwenhuys
Paisley
Liddell (pen.)
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 1,000
25 December  1940 (1940 -12-25) 17 Liverpool 3–1 Everton Liverpool
Carney 70', 85'
Nieuwenhuys 71'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 5,000
28 December  1940 (1940 -12-28) 18 Liverpool 2–3 Tranmere Rovers Liverpool
Carney
Liddell
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 3,000
4 January  1941 (1941 -01-04) 19 Liverpool 1–2 Everton Liverpool
Paisley Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 3,000
Note: Also counted as Round One 1st Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup.
11 January  1941 (1941 -01-11) 20 Everton 4–1 Liverpool Liverpool
Report Shafto 15' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 5,000
Note: Also counted as Round One 2nd Leg for the Lancashire Senior Cup.
18 January  1941 (1941 -01-18) 21 Oldham Athletic 0–3 Liverpool Oldham
Report Collister
Paisley
Search
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 500
8 February  1941 (1941 -02-08) 22 Liverpool 1–3 Everton Liverpool
Done Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 3,000
1 March  1941 (1941 -03-01) 23 Bury 2–5 Liverpool Bury
Report Done
Dorsett
Liddell
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,000
8 March  1941 (1941 -03-08) 24 Liverpool 7–2 Wrexham Liverpool
Done
Dorsett
Liddell
Paisley
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 1,500
15 March  1941 (1941 -03-15) 25 Blackpool 6–4 Liverpool Blackpool
Report Done
Fagan (pen.) (pen.)
Paisley
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,000
22 March  1941 (1941 -03-22) 26 Liverpool 2–6 Blackpool Liverpool
Dorsett Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 3,000
29 March  1941 (1941 -03-29) 27 Bury 1–5 Liverpool Bury
Report Done
Dorsett
Liddell
Pickstock
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1,500
5 April  1941 (1941 -04-05) 28 Liverpool 2–0 Bury Liverpool
Done
Palk
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 2,000
12 April  1941 (1941 -04-12) 29 Blackpool 0–0 Liverpool Blackpool
Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 4,000
14 April  1941 (1941 -04-14) 30 Southport 2–0 Liverpool Southport
Report Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 1,500
26 April  1941 (1941 -04-26) 31 Liverpool 2–1 Manchester United Liverpool
Done
Liddell
Report Rowley Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 2,000
3 May  1941 (1941 -05-03) 32 Manchester United 1–1 Liverpool Manchester
Rowley Report Done Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 1,500
17 May  1941 (1941 -05-17) 33 Wrexham 4–3 Liverpool Wrexham
Report Liddell
Nieuwenhuys
Paisley
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 1,200
24 May  1941 (1941 -05-24) 34 Chester 1–6 Liverpool Chester
Report D. Cook
Done
Liddell
Cole (o.g.)
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 700
31 May  1941 (1941 -05-31) 35 Liverpool 2–2 Everton Liverpool
Liddell 47'
Done 69'
Report Mercer
Stevenson
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 6,000
2 June  1941 (1941 -06-02) 36 Everton 3–1 Liverpool Liverpool
Boyes 59', 75'
Jackson 76'
Report Jones (o.g.) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 4,000
7 June  1941 (1941 -06-07) 37 Preston North End 6–1 Liverpool Preston
Report Lyon Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 5,000

Football League War Cup

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15 February  1941 (1941 -02-15) 1 Liverpool 2–3 Southport Liverpool
Liddell (pen.) Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 3,000
22 February  1941 (1941 -02-22) 1 Southport 2–2
(5–4 agg.)
Liverpool Southport
Report Done
Eastham
Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 4,000

References

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